Dr Angelica Ly

HONOURS AND POST-GRAD PROJECTS ON OFFER:

Linking Retinal Integrity with Physiology, Non-ocular Pathology, and Pharmaceutical Drugs (PPP) with Dr Matt Trinh
The Eye as a Window to the Brain with Dr Jessie Huang-Lung and Professor Lisa Keay

Clinician-scientist and Senior Lecturer in Posterior Eye Therapeutics at UNSW, awarded her PhD thesis on the 'Multimodal evaluation of Macular Structure and Function in Age-related Macular Degeneration' at the Centre for Eye Health (2018). She was Lead Clinician (Macula) and Integrated Care Co-ordinator at the Centre for Eye Health from 2019 to 2021 and after that joined the Brien Holden Vision Institute as Principal Research Optometrist (2021-2022).  

In the four years since her PhD, she has published over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has secured more than $500K in research funding.  She presents regularly at national and international conferences, and has also been engaged in teaching in the School of Optometry and Vision Science, contributing to a range of courses including Advanced Ocular Disease 1, Disease Processes of the Eye 2, clinical placements for Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A/5B, final year research projects and higher degree research supervision.

Her current research areas include:

Social Determinants of Preventable Vision Loss: Aimed at understanding and looking at solutions for overcoming barriers to eye care access
Attitudes and Barriers to Care in AMD: Developing a patient education program to improve outcomes
Clinical Decision Support Systems in Posterior Eye Disease: Empowering clinicians and health care organisations to provide an enhanced standard of care

Most highly cited work: Optom Vis Sci. 2017 Feb;94(2):246-259
Most technically challenging paper: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Apr 1;59(5):1790-1799
Most impactful work: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2016 Nov;36(6):632-642

Her favourite skill is applying research in clinical practice.